[Magdalen] Nature goes tee hee

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Which is why I was scratching my head....

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jim, I don't think *anyone* has elms anymore, thanks to Dutch Elm Disease.
> These trees used to line many residential streets--notice how so many towns
> have an Elm Street?--but they were wiped out.
>
> > On Nov 20, 2014, at 4:07 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I do not think I have any elms, but thanks anyway.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
> better
> > for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
> time
> > on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 11/20/2014 12:55:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com writes:
> >>
> >> I get  out as a form of exercise and blow leaves. It is a wonderful
> >> activity
> >> to  make one feel you have accomplished something. Our leaves come
> down  in
> >> stages, and it is simpler to blow them off periodically, rather  than
> >> waiting for everything to be done, and have an immovable mass to deal
> >> with.
> >> So I have cleared my yard a couple of times  already.>>>>
> >>
> >> The American Elm, once over-dominant and indispensable in landscaping
> of
> >> much of North American, but now completely gone secondary to the  advent
> >> of Dutch Elm Disease imported from Europe, was a wonderful tree in so
> >> very many ways.  In particular, the leaves turned a lovely yellow, and
> >> fell
> >> all at once.  They dried quickly, and were easily removed by raking or
> by
> >> blowers.  The species was easy to transplant, grew quickly, and
> attained
> >> very
> >> large size and substantial age.  The spring color was a delicate  green.
> >> They
> >> did have copious seeds in June, usually, but they seldom needed much
> >> cleanup.
> >>
> >> Many of the landscaping trees used instead of elms these days have
> >> the disadvantage of dropping leaves more gradually requiring multiple
> >> cleanups, and their leaves (particularly the oaks) are tough and I think
> >> more
> >> difficult to dispose of.  I've had to remove leaves - Red Maple and  oak
> >> primarily -
> >> three times the past two weeks.
> >>
> >> David Strang.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>